header paint

[Hillbilly Deluxe 65]

what type should i use after i sand them smooth, and should i prime them and heat them or what, thanks o and also are the copper gaskets better than the regular ones or not

thanks

[fuelpump]

I've always had good luck with Eastwood header paint. I've used their gray and black with good results.

[ClassicAutoResto]

I bought a gallon of silver metallic boiler paint about 15 years ago, only use it on headers and exhaust manifolds and it has lasted this long and ALOT of restored cars/trucks. It is good to 3000, (yes 3000) degrees. brushes on and dries fast. Label is gone and I don't remeber the name, but I got it at a heating supply warehouse in Louisville, Ky. Try a google search. Jerry

[Fred T]

Don't use a primer, it isn't heat resistant. VHT is supposed to be one of the best hi-temp rattlecans available. I've had good luck with it, but haven't tried it on headers. You do have to have a super clean surface to get it to stick.

I've tried some of the header coatings, haven't seen any that would last for more than a few years. But my trucks all get parked outside, which doesn't help matters.

[63fleetside]

header gaskets blow in my opinion i double up stock type foil gaskets and never have leaks

[Hillbilly Deluxe 65]

i have spent the last 2 nights sanding and filing the headers, and they look pretty good, and i got lucky and caught a sale on eastwood paitns and its like up to 1500 degress or somethnig linke that, sadly they only had silver left, so most likeys every little mark is gonna show, but o well this needed to be donw, my collector gasket was totalyy gone haha, i had to use a saws all to get it loost, mine were ceramic coated to but the still didnt last long



thanks for all the help

LZ